In Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination he emphasizes the dual prophetic aspects—critique and hope—of Mary’s song. “The intrusion embodied in the birth of Jesus causes a radical inversion. … The birth of Jesus brings a harsh end to a Herodian reality that seemed ordained forever, and it created a new historical situation for marginal people that none in their despair could have anticipated” (Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1978], 83). Ma...
The Kingdom Of God
